Christmas Cocktails | Top Christmas cocktail ideas and recipes | In The Spirit

To give you a helping hand to survive the
Christmas holidays whether you are visiting
relatives or friends – or if they are
visiting you, we’ve put together a handy
reference of cocktail recipes to guide you
through the festive season.

If you end up visiting family this festive
season and know that they’ll have the usual assortment
of traditional liqueurs and spirits like Advocaat,
Cherry Brandy and Gin – don’t despair!
To make the day full of colourful and tasty cocktails – even
using liqueurs you probably wouldn’t normally
think of – you can be bold with some truly
classic cocktail ingredients.

If
you’re pushing the boat out and having
a bottle of champagne with your Christmas lunch
main course, adding a dash of cocktail liqueur
can transform it to something even more exotic.
Why not add a dash of De
Kuyper Blue Curaçao to create a Blu
Fizz cocktail – or if
you prefer to be a little more conventional,
try a classic Kir
Royale made with champagne and a generous dash of De
Kuyper Crème
de Cassis.

Instead
of only using dark
rum to add to the flavour
of your Christmas pudding, don’t
forget this is a great all round cocktail ingredient
too. Try out a Fruity
Rum Punch made from Woods
100 Rum, orange juice, lemon juice and a generous
dash of Angostura
Bitters. Alternatively you
could try out Planters
Punch or even a Shark
Bite – both which include dark rum as
the key cocktail liqueur ingredient.

To
finish a festive Christmas meal in style,
go for a liqueur coffee. Our recommendation
is for an Italian classic – Disaronno
Darkness. Made with a shot of Disaronno
Amaretto,
3 shots of piping hot strong black coffee
topped off with single cream – what
could be a more perfect way to round off
a Christmas feast. Many liqueurs blend superbly
with coffee – other in-the-spirit recommendations
would be an Amarula
Coffee or even a Dutch
coffee.

We hope that our Christmas list gives you
some new or different cocktail ideas to try
out and that you have a very Merry
Christmas and all the best for the New Year!